Ole Miss gets past LSU, 81-67

4:33 PM,
Mar. 9, 2013

LSU's Andre Stringer drives against the Ole Miss defense.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - LSU drew its largest crowd of the year for its final regular season home game of the season. It also delivered the atmosphere on Senior Day as the Tigers took an eight-point lead nine minutes in.

But Ole Miss proved it's better to be late than never, particularly when you are better.The Rebels outscored the Tigers 30-9 over the final 11 minutes of the first half and coasted to an easy, 81-67 victory in front of 10,187 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Saturday afternoon to cinch a two-game bye in the Southeastern Conference Tournament next week in Nashville, Tenn. Ole Miss (23-8, ...